Tales Of Vesperia Guide: How To Get All Recipes, Wonder Chef Locations
Are gel costs preventing you from buying other things like weapon and armor in Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition? Then why not make use of the cooking mechanic to keep your party’s wallets as full as their stomachs?
What Is Cooking?
Unlocked early on in Quoi Woods, cooking is exactly what it sounds like — you use ingredients that you find or buy in order to make food for your party to eat, recovering HP/TP or gaining stat buffs in the process.
From there, there are several things to take note of:
- You can only cook once between battles, regardless of whether the attempt was successful.
- Up to four different dishes can be selected as shortcuts, allowing you to cook immediately after a battle ends.
- Any character (except for Repede) can make any dish they want, getting better every time they make it.
- Each character has their own preferences (Raven doesn’t like desserts, for instance) which dictate whether they’ll get extra benefits from whatever they just ate or only a portion of them.
- The effectiveness of any given recipe diminishes after repeated use, thus providing incentive to make use of multiple dishes. You know, maintaining a balanced diet and all that.
Beyond all that, the only thing you concern you’ll have is getting more recipes because the first one you get quickly loses effectiveness and provides no additional benefits.
How Do I Get New Recipes?
You have two options if you want to obtain new recipes, either:
For the sake of simplicity, I’ll list the recipes that can be unlocked through these methods before listing all the recipes, ingredients and effects:
Unlockable via Recipe
| Recipe | Requirement To Unlock |
|---|---|
| Rice Ball | Estelle / Sandwich |
| Beef Bowl | Yuri / Rice Ball |
| Pork Stew | Raven / Beef Bowl |
| Japanese Stew | Judith / Pork Stew |
| Sukiyaki | Judith / Japanese Stew |
| Omelette Rice | Karol / Beef Bowl |
| Meat Sauce | Karol / Omelette Rice |
| Pudding | Yuri / Sorbet |
| Cake | Yuri / Pudding |
| Sashimi | Raven / Salad |
| Sushi | Karol / Sashimi |
| Scottish Egg | Estelle / Fried Chicken and Fries |
| Okonomiyaki | Raven / Scottish Egg |
| Vegetable Stir Fry | Rita / Salad |
| Soup Noodles | Raven / Vegetable Stir Fry |
| Miso Soup | Estelle / Minestrone Soup |
| Clam Chowder | Estelle / Miso Soup |
| Fruit Parfait | Rita / Crepe |
| Pork Miso Soup | Estelle / Vichyssoise |
| Udon Noodles Hot Pot | Yuri / Pork Miso Soup |
| Tempura | Judith / Croquette |
| Steak | Flynn/Salisbury Steak |
| Beef Stew | Flynn/Cream Stew |
| Fisherman’s Hot Pot | Patty/Seafood Bowl |
Unlockable via Wonder Chef
| Recipe | Location | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Steak | Aspio | Disguised as a jumping daikon in the bottom left hand corner outside the town’s gates. |
| Sorbet | Capua Nor | Disguised as a yellow duck past the inn at the right of the ticket station. |
| Fried Chicken and Fries | Capua Torim | Disguised as a hopping blue fish right next to the lighthouse. |
| Fish with Miso Sauce | Heliord | Disguised as a teruteru bouzu doll hanging at the back of the room where Yuri is interrogated in. |
| Minestrone Soup | Dahngrest | Disguised as a golden egg directly to the right of the entrance to the Don’s room. |
| Salad | Ghasfarost | Disguised as a pinwheel in the middle of the tower where you activate the gears. |
| Kebab Sandwich | Nordopolica | Disguised as a jiggling trophy to the right of the entrance inside the colosseum registration hallway. |
| Curry | Mantaic | Disguised as a cactus between two palm trees. |
| Croquette | Yormgen | Disguised as a statue inside of the inn between the partitions and the beds. |
| Cream Stew | Myozoro | Disguised as an ice cream cone in the southeastern part of the city. |
| Vichyssoise | Nam Cobanda Isle | Disguised as a wooden cutout painted with the Wonder Chef outfit behind the ticket exchange Antlionz. |
| Crepe | Aurnion | Disguised as a scarecrow in the far east part of town. |
| Mabo Curry | Nordopolica | Mabo Curry |
Full Recipe List
HP Recovery
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Sandwich | 10% | Bread, Egg | Default Recipe |
| Beef Bowl | 20%, Cures Poison | Beef, Onion, Rice | Yuri/Rice Ball |
| Curry | 30% | Carrot, Meat, Onion, Potato, Rice | Wonder Chef/Mantaic |
| Cream Stew | 40% | Carrot, Chicken, Milk, Onion, Potato | Wonder Chef: Myozoro |
| Udon Noodles Hot Pot | 50% | Egg, Napa Cabbage, Shiitake, Shrimp, Squid, Sticky Flour | Yuri/Pork Miso Soup |
TP Recovery
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Sorbet | 10% | Fruit, Milk | Wonder Chef/Capua Nor |
| Pudding | 20% | Egg, Milk | Yuri/Sorbet |
| Cake | 30% | Egg, Milk, Strawberry | Yuri/Pudding |
| Crepe | 40% | Banana, Egg, Kiwifruit, Milk | Wonder Chef/Aurnion |
| Fruit Parfait | 50% | Egg, Fruit, Milk | Rita/Crepe |
HP and TP Recovery
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Rice Ball | 5% | Dried Seaweed, Rice, Salmon | Estelle/Sandwich |
| Omelette Rice | 10%, Cures Petrify | Egg, Chicken, Onion, Rice | Karol/Beef Bowl |
| Meat Sauce | 15%, Cures all negative status effects | Onion, Pork, Sticky Flour, Tomato | Karol/Omelette Rice |
| Mabo Curry | 20%, Revives from K.O. | Onion, Potato, Rice, Tofu, Tomato | Wonder Chef/Nordopolica |
Attack Bonus
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Salisbury Steak | 3%, 5% HP | Beef, Egg, Onion | Wonder Chef/Aspio |
| Pork Stew | 5%, 5% HP | Kelp, Pork, Radish | Raven/Beef Bowl |
| Kebab Sandwich | 7%, 5% HP | Bread, Beef, Lettuce, Tomato | Wonder Chef/Nordopolica |
| Steak | 10%, 5% HP | Beef, Potato | Flynn/Salisbury Steak |
| Sukiyaki | 15%, 5% HP | Beef, Napa Cabbage, Shiitake, Tofu, Egg | Judith/Japanese Stew |
Defense Boost
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Fish With Miso Sauce | 5%, 5% HP | Rice, Mackerel, Miso | Wonder Chef/Heliord |
| Sashimi | 10%, 5% HP | Tuna, Mackerel, Salmon, Scallop, Squid | Raven/Salad |
| Seafood Bowl | 15%, 5% HP | Rice, Tuna, Salmon, Scallop, Shrimp, Cucumber | Woman Near Inn/Capua Torim |
| Fisherman’s Hot Pot | 20%, 5% HP | Salmon, Cabbage, Onion, Carrot, Shiitake, Miso | Patty/Seafood Bowl |
| Sushi | 25%, 5% HP | Rice, Fish, Dried Seaweed, Kelp | Karol/Sashimi |
Magic Boost
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Fried Chicken And Fries | 10%, 5% HP | Chicken, Potato | Wonder Chef/Capua Torim |
| Scottish Egg | 20%, 5% HP | Meat, Egg, Tomato | Estelle/Fried Chicken And Fries |
| Croquette | 30%, 5% HP | Meat, Potato, Onion | Wonder Chef/Yormgen |
| Okonomiyaki | 40%, 5% HP | Meat, Sticky Flour, Egg, Shrimp, Squid, Cabbage | Raven/Scottish Egg |
| Tempura | 50%, 5% HP | Vegetable, Sticky Flour, Shrimp, Squid, Egg, Chicken | Judith/Croquette |
Magic Defense Boost
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Minestrone Soup | 20%, 5% HP | Onion, Tomato | Wonder Chef/Dahngrest |
| Miso Soup | 40%, 5% HP | Tofu, Onion, Miso | Estelle/Minestrone Soup |
| Clam Chowder | 60%, 5% HP | Onion, Scallop, Potato | Estelle/Miso Soup |
| Vichyssoise | 80%, 5% HP | Sticky Flour, Milk, Potato | Wonder Chef/Nam Codanda |
| Pork Miso Soup | 100%, 5% HP | Pork, Tofu, Carrot, Miso | Estelle/Vichyssoise |
Speed Boost
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredients | Method To Unlock |
| Salad | 2000, 5% HP | Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber | Wonder Chef/Ghasfarost |
| Japanese Stew | 2200, 5% HP | Radish, Squid, Kelp | Judith/Pork Stew |
| Vegetable Stir Fry | 2400, 5% HP | Meat, Cabbage, Onion, Carrot | Rita/Salad |
| Beef Stew | 2600, 5% HP | Beef, Onion, Carrot, Potato | Flynn/Cream Stew |
| Soup Noodles | 2800, 5% HP | Sticky Flour, Pork, Cabbage, Onion, Carrot | Raven/Vegetable Stir Fry |
Dog Food
| Recipe | Effect | Ingredient | Method To Unlock |
| Dog Food | 1% HP/TP, Humor, Shame | Any | Repede/All |
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Update: 2023-02-16